Notitia Parliamentaria : or, an history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales. Shewing What Boroughs were anciently Parliamentary, but now disus'd. What do at this Day return to Parliament. Their Antiquities, Charters, Privileges, Lords, Churches, Monasteries, Government, Number of Electors, &c. To which are subjoin'd, Lists of all the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, (as far as can be collected from Records) from the first Summons to Parliament, to this Time. With an Account of The Roman Towns in every Shire. What Nobility have been distinguish'd with Titles from each County. The Number of Parishes, Market-Town, &c. therein. The whole extracted from Mss and printed evidences. Attempted in an Alphabetical Order, beginning with Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Cambridge, and Cheshire; and since carried on in a second Volume, including Cornwall, Cumberland, Derby, Devon, Dorset, and Durham. By Browne Willis, Esq; .

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willis, Browne, 1682-1760.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Administrative and political divisions.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Parliament--Registers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2v. )

Edition:

The second edition, with additions.

Other Title:

Notitia Parliamentaria

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Robert Gosling, at the Mitre and Crown against Fetter-Lane in Fleetstreet, MDCCXXX. [1730]

Notes:

Vol.1 only is of the second edition: Vol.2 is a reissue of the first edition of 1716.

Vol. 1 printed by William Bowyer; his records show 500 copies printed.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 1521

English Short Title Catalog, T65477.

OCLC:

642659623